Colorado Legislature Passes Juvenile Life-Sentencing Bill

DENVER (AP) – Colorado’s legislature has passed a bill bringing the state in line with U.S. Supreme Court rulings that ban mandatory life sentences without parole for youth offenders.
The House passed a bill Tuesday that affects 48 inmates serving life without parole. They were convicted of first-degree murder and other crimes committed as youths between 1990 and 2006.
Colorado ended the no-parole sentencing practice in 2006. The bill would help those 48 inmates seek – but not